| https://www.aastweb.org/blog/how-technology-impacts-sleep-quality |
| The study of dreams is crucial in creating and keeping a healthy lifestyle as well as understanding the meaning behind our dreams and how they can affect our lives. The article linked above helps to explain how technology affects our sleep. Although technology has helped us learn about dreams, sleep, and wakefulness, it also has negatively impacted our sleep. When one goes to bed with technology, they experience stimulation in mental activity. This stimulation causes one to become more anxious and may force them to fall asleep much later than they may typically go to bed. The lack of sleep will then affect them the next day and the repetition of this is a toxic cycle that can be hard to escape. I feel that this article helps me to better understand the actual consequences of technology and how going to bed without it is much better for your life. This is an article that many people should read especially because it effects a very large population. With both technology and streaming services becoming more popular, this allows many people to follow the “trends” and stay up late watching tv or on a phone. Its important to understand what you are doing to your body so that way you can make beneficial decisions when going to bed. After all, sleep is one of the most important things in life as we spend about 1/3 of lives doing it. |